Trey Lance trade: Cowboys had second-round grade on former 49ers QB before 2021 NFL Draft, per report

Shortly after buying and selling him, 49ers common supervisor John Lynch stated that the Cowboys “really wanted” Trey Lance, the former No. 3 total select who had lately been demoted to 3rd string. Dallas in the long run obtained Lance after giving the 49ers a 2024 fourth-round select. 

Two years in the past, the Cowboys had a second-round grade on Lance previous to the beginning of the 2021 NFL Draft, in line with ESPN. San Francisco clearly concept upper of Lance, because it decided on him as an alternative of fellow quarterback Justin Fields, who was once decided on via the Bears six spots later. 

As Lynch stated Friday evening, issues clearly did not figure out for Lance in San Francisco. Lance, who suffered an damage after simply two begins closing season, began 4 video games throughout his first two years with the 49ers, with blended effects. The 49ers went 2-2 in the ones video games with Lance finishing simply 55% of his passes with 5 touchdowns and 3 choices. But Lance was once necessarily thrown into the fireplace closing yr when Jimmy Garoppolo went down with a season-ending damage.  

“Really hard day,” Lynch stated. “Such a wonderful young man. We took a shot and it didn’t work out. We own that, we take accountability for it.

“His tale remains to be very a lot unwritten. I’m excited for Trey. Dallas stepped up and truly sought after him and so they got here after him. I believe it will be a really perfect touchdown spot for him. I will inform everyone it wasn’t for loss of effort — on Trey’s a part of our phase — that it did not paintings. Circumstances took grasp. He struggled via accidents. This crew is able to win, and we adore our quarterback room. We like Brock Purdy so much, we adore Sam Darnold and we adore Brandon Allen. 

“We wish Trey all the best in Dallas. We’ll always care about that young man and admire his work ethic and the person that he is.” 

Credit the 49ers for temporarily discovering a business spouse and getting respectable capital in go back. A fourth-round select is not anything to scoff at, particularly in alternate for a quarterback with a 54.9 of entirety share who was once simply demoted to 3rd string. 

While they did salvage a fourth-round select, the 49ers buying and selling Lance simply two years after making him the No. 3 total select is clearly now not perfect, particularly whilst you have a look at the avid gamers they may have excited by that select (Ja’Marr Chase, Jaylen Waddle, Jaycee Horn, Patrick Surtain II, Devonta Smith, Fields and Micah Parsons had been taken in a while after the 49ers decided on Lance). 

Things did not figure out in San Francisco, however recent begins can do wonders for a participant, and which may be the case for Lance, who may release his attainable in Dallas below Mike McCarthy’s tutelage. Lance has the posh of running with Prescott, who will have to be a great mentor for the younger quarterback.